The" Landis Run Intermediate School" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Just finished taking a few photos at the Landis Run Intermediate School which is located on the Manheim Township School District campus in Neffsville, PA.  The school is in its first year of operation and I have a contract with the school district to produce the yearbook for the school.  I can't share too many facts about the yearbook quite yet, since it hasn't been published by Josten's Yearbook Company, but as soon as it is delivered to the students at the end of the school year, I will give you a look at the first ever Landis Run Intermediate School yearbook.  Last year I produced the Manheim Township Middle School Yearbook which was a yearbook for grades 6, 7 and 8.  When the Landis Run school opened the year, the Middle School lost the 6th grade class which, along with the 5th grade, was moved into the new building.  There now sits a vacant building along Valley Road in Neffsville where the sixth grade was housed at one time, but why the district spent my money to build another school is a whole other story.  The new school got it's name because of the small stream that runs near the school called Landis Run.  On August 27 of 2012 the $36 million school opened its doors for the first time to approximately 900 students.  The school's mascot is the Raptor and the students were assigned to four teams - hawks, falcons, osprey and eagles - with 16 homerooms in each grade.  The school day is six hours long which includes the lunch break as well as math, language arts, social studies, science and related arts such as music, art and physical education. The school is geared towards having the 5th grade on one side and 6th grade on the other side of the building with the related arts classes sharing the center of the building.  The neatest feature of the building is the library which the students seem to really enjoy.  My job is to prepare the book with class photos, clubs, extracurricular group photos and a few photos of the new building.  The photos I will share with you now will give you a chance to see what an intermediate school may look like.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.

Architect's drawing of what the school would look like.

My photo of what it really looks like.

Architect's drawing of the schools' library.

My photo of the library.

Photo of the gym/auditorium directly inside the main entrance.

Photo of the cafeteria directly inside the main entrance.

Long wide hallways.

Outside courtyard.

Photo of the old 6th grade building now standing empty.  This is the school that I attended as a 7th and 8th grader.

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